Austrian state cannot be held liable for the Ischgl crisis that saw thousands catch COVID-19, a court has ruled, rejecting the plaintiff's claims of "catastrophic mismanagement."
Ednews informs via DW that Vienna's Supreme Court of Justice ruled on Thursday that the Austrian state cannot be held liable for infections during a 2020 COVID-19 outbreak that hit an Alpine ski resort.
The case was brought by a resident of Germany who had traveled to Ischgl in Austria's western state of Tyrol and stayed there from March 7 to March 13, 2020.
The plaintiff had sought damages over the "catastrophic mismanagement by the relevant authorities" in Tyrol in early March 2020.
The outbreak at the popular Ischgl resort was seen as one of Europe's first "super-spreader" events in the early days of the pandemic. The resort is known for its nightlife and its "apres-ski" scene.
Over 6,000 people from 45 countries contracted the coronavirus at the resort in March, 2020, and 32 of those infected died.